Reducers

Reducers were a Punk band from Bury, Lancashire, formed in mid 1977 and signed to Vibes Records. They debuted with the 7" 'Things Go Wrong / We Are Normal' (Vibes, 1978), a classic mid tempo with a grungy bass driven single a la Stranglers with Lou Reed's "Vicious" melody with a lovely bored "1,2,3 4" intro. Extremely catchy melodic punk. Another single, 'Man With A Gun / Vengeance / Can't Stop Now' (Vibes, 1979) came with a sticker and strangely had A Side played at 45RPM and the B Side at 33RPM. The B Side tracks are the more interesting. One more single followed, 'Airwaves', from 1980 when the band had surprisingly signed to EMI and were suddenly a synth pop band. [SOURCE: PUNK77]